Walter Tevis
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first time ever, a complete collection of short fiction the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 short story collection Far...
Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 short story collection Far...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
La serie de hoy. El libro del momento. El personaje de tu vida.
El libro en el que se inspira la miniserie más vista de la historia de Netflix, ganadora del EMMY 2021 y del Globo de Oro 2021 a la mejor miniserie.
«Walter Tevis ha recuperado el lugar que nunca debió perder [...] y ha provocado una insólita fiebre por el ajedrez. [...] Jaque mate.»
Ismael Marinero, El Mundo
«Un libro
...3) Mockingbird
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who runs the world, the most perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul and Mary Lou,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
TRAS EL ÉXITO DE GAMBITO DE DAMA, EL CLÁSICO DE LA CIENCIA FICCIÓN QUE ENAMORÓ A DAVID BOWIE Y A LECTORES DE 18 PAÍSES
«Una de las novelas más originales y emotivas del género, [que] marcó el giro de la temática extraterrestre en la ciencia ficción».
E. J. Rodríguez, Jot Down
Thomas Newton aterriza en Kentucky escapando de su planeta, Anthea, que ha sido devastado por las guerras
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Language
English
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Description
Beth Harmon becomes an orphan when her parents are killed in an automobile accident. At eight years old, she is placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, where the children are given tranquilizers twice a day. Plain and shy, she learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a chess genius. Penniless and desperate to learn more, she steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a chess tournament. She also...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (557 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc collection includes all ten episodes plus featurettes and...
Series
Collector's ed volume 30
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
9) The hustler
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York. Ames Billiards, with high ceilings and air of hushed concentration, is a church of pool. "Fast" Eddie Felson enters as an innocent con man and leaves with a taste of what the world can do, that talent alone will only get him so far, and that a man's search for "character," that hard-to-define quality that is simultaneously elusive and essential, could last a lifetime. Having come to take on pool legend Minnesota Fats, Eddie is soundly beaten...
